Global 1/8-Degree Urban Land Fraction Grids, SSP-Consistent Projections and Base Year, v1 (2000 - 2100)

Global time-series maps of the fraction of urban land to all land area at 1/8-degree spatial resolution, including the base year (2000), projections (2010-2100) consistent with the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs), and two ancillary layers: (i) total land area, and (ii) the fraction of land available for development to all land area, at 1/8-degree resolution.

Downloadable in three data formats: GeoTIFF, NetCDF, and Esri Grid.

Data Unit: dimensionless for urban and available land fractions; km2 for total land areas.


CITE AS...
Gao, J., & O'Neill, B.C. (2020). Mapping global urban land for the 21st century with data-driven simulations and Shared Socioeconomic Pathways. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15788-7
